Projects
Mobility as the human face of climate change: Analysing heterogeneity in climate migration andpolicy frameworks Ghent University
The project first seeks to improve our understanding of the way climate (both sudden and slow onset hazards) influences migration behavior (both internally and internationally) differently across countries. Second, it will map the heterogeneous policy response to climate migration at various
levels (national, bilateral and regional) as well as differences in its effectiveness across countries.
Historical thinking about migration history in secondary education: examination of its disciplinary and civic potential and of Flemish teachers’ opinions KU Leuven
From Here and There: Speaking about Religion with Adolescents with Migration Experience to Europe KU Leuven
Interacting with both refugee and expatriate youth in three specific communities from around Europe, this qualitative project seeks to discover changes in religious belief and practice in response to the process of relocation. Whether forced or voluntary migrants, internationally mobile youth face pressures as they move daily between the home culture and the host culture. This research makes use of Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis to ...
Migration within and out of developing countries: Responses to climate change and violence Ghent University
The project seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the root causes of migration within and out of developing countries using an innovative micro level dataset. It will analyze people’s intentions and plans to respond to climate change and violence by migrating either internally or internationally, as well as the factors (household income, family composition, region of residence)
determining this choice.
Safe with the neighbours? Refugee protection and EU external migration policy in Turkey and Morocco Ghent University
The European Union increasingly looks to outsource its international responsibility to protect refugees to third countries. Its policy space is limited, however, by international refugee and human rights law. This project assesses legal and actual refugee protection in Turkey and Morocco, in order to formulate recommendations for national protection frameworks and EU external migration policy, in line with international law.
Free time of young people in migration Ghent University
This research project addresses the call for research into leisure activities among young people in migration, as issued by the Agency for Socio-Cultural Work, Department of Youth. The project call focuses on both the perspective of the young people and that of other actors involved, and wishes to answer questions such as how much free time young people in migration have, what they expect, to what extent these young people find a suitable ...
New Storytellers on Border Crossing to the U.S. (1995-2016)The Representation of Migration from Latin America in Today's Documentary Filmmaking KU Leuven
Going All Out to Manage Migration : a Constitutional Analysis of the EU Return Policy KU Leuven
The research project will analyse the EU external relations in the field of migration. In particular, it will identify the various instruments used to ensure the return of irregular migrants to third countries, and assess their compatibility with EU primary law. The focus will be on the compliance of the EU return policy with the primary law provisions governing the Union's external competence; the general provisions on the EU external ...